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Dr. Christopher Greco

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Assistant Professor / Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Position
Full-time Faculty
Graduate Program Faculty
Extension
4598
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About
Christopher graduated from Nipissing University’s Criminal Justice Program in 2006. After completing his graduate work, at the University of Ottawa, and a postdoctoral fellowship with the International Centre for Comparative Criminology, he returned to Nipissing’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2017.

Christopher a obtenu son diplôme en justice pénale de l’Université de Nipissing en 2006. Après avoir complété ses études supérieures à l'Université d'Ottawa et un stage postdoctoral au Centre international de criminologie comparée, il est revenu à l'École de criminologie et justice pénale de l’Université en 2017.
Education
PhD, MA, University of Ottawa
BA, Nipissing University
Research
Areas of Specialization:

​Conceptual Development: (Moral) Panic and Social Problems

Research Interests:
  • Sexual Deviance
  • Governance and Social Control
  • Socio-Criminological Theory
  • Moral Relativism
Current & Future Research:
  • Judicial perceptions of sexual abuse
  • Policing of sexual behaviour in the Lesser Antilles
  • Parole and factors associated with (un)successful community release
Publications

Greco, C., & Corriveau, P. (2020). On the Weighing of Protections: “Exerting Power and Doing Good” with Child Sexual Abuse Legislation. In C. Côté, D. Moffette, & J. Piché (Eds.) Contemporary Criminological Issues: Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.

Corriveau, P., Cauchie, J-F., & Greco, C. (2019). La recherche indépendante au Canada face aux injonctions d'un modèle managérial? In M. Bresson, J. Cartier-Bresson, & M. Hirschhorn (Eds.) Chercheurs en sciences sociales et demandes de savoirs: une relation en tension. Paris: Maison des sciences de l’homme.

Greco, C. (2019). On the Quebec Judiciary and Phenomenon of Online Child Luring. Canadian Review of Sociology, 56(1), 78-92.

Corriveau, P., & Greco, C. (2014). Misunderstanding (Mis)Understandings: Male Sex Workers and the Canadian Criminal Code. Sexuality & Culture, 18(2), 346-360.

Greco, C., & Corriveau, P. (2014). La représentation médiatique du leurre d’enfants à l’aide des nouvelles technologies: une mise en mots et en maux. Ambigua, 1, 35-56.

Corriveau, P., & Greco, C. (2012). La « cyberpédophilie » et le cyberespace. Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ). Repéré à: https://www.inspq.qc.ca/agression-sexuelle/fiches/la-cyberpedophilie-et-le-cyberespace.